Machine for reeling yarns



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J. GARSED. MACHINE FOR RBBLING YARNS, &c.

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J. GARSED. MACHINE FOR'REELING YARNS, 8w.

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J. GARSED. MACHINE FOR REELING YARNS, &0.

No 280,601. Patented July 3, 1883.

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JOSHUA GARSED, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

MACHINE FOR REELING YARNS, 86C.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 280,601, dated July 3, 1883,

Application filed June 19, 1882. (No model.) I 7 To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSHUA GARSED, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Machines for Reeling Yarns, &c., of which the following is a specification.

The objects of my invention are to so construct a reeling-machine that the operations of winding and doffing the reels can be carried on more expeditiously and effectively than usual.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1, Sheet 1, is a front view of my improved winding-reel; Fig. 2, Sheet 2, a sectional plan on the line 1 2, Fig. 1; Fig. 3, Sheet 3, a transverse section on the line 3 4, Fig. 1; Fig. 4., a transverse section on the line 5 6, Fig. 1; Figs.

. 5 to 11, inclusive, Sheet 2, detached views illustrating different parts of the machine; and

Fig. 12, Sheet 2, a view illustrating a modification of one of the features of the invention.

A is the main frame of the machine, to bearings in which is adapted the driving-shaft B, power being applied to the latter from any adjacent counter-shaft.

To sleeves on the shaft-bearings are loosely hung levers D, two being shown in the present instance, each arm of each of these levers carrying at the outer end the projecting spindle E of a winding-reel. By this means the yarn may be wound upon the reels at the front of the machine while the hanks are being doffed from the filled reels at the rear of the machine, each of the levers D be ing held in the horizontal position shown in Fig. 3 by means of springbolts 00 during the operations of winding and doffing, but being released from the frame when the front reel has been filled and the rear one emptied, in order to permit the reels to change places, the filled reel swinging downward and rearward beneath the shaft B, while the empty reel is carried upward and forward above the said shaft, the reel being collapsed during this movement, sothat it will not occupy much space. (See Fig. 4.)

Each reel has a central tubular shaft, a, adapted to one of the projecting spindles E,

longitudinal displacement of the reel being prevented by a nut at the end of the spindle, and excessive friction being overcome by re. ducing the diameter of the spindle between the ends, so as to leave opposite contracted bearings b, as shown in Fig. 5. The reel-shafts are driven by belts (1, adapted to pulleys d on the said shafts, and to a double pulley, (P, on the driving-shaft B, the latter pulley revolving continuously, but the reel-shafts being thrown into or out of action, as desired, by adjusting belt-tighteners 6, carried by levers e, hung to the arms of the levers D. The levers D being hung to the driving-shaft, the spindles E travel in paths concentric with said shaft as the reels are swung backward or forward; hence this movement has no tendency to throw off the belts. The levers 0 should fit so tightly to their pivot pins, or should be so combinedwith a friction brake or catch, that they will retain the positions to which they may be adjusted.

The reels shown in the drawings comprise three pairs of bars, f, f, and fflcarried by arms terminating in hubs g, g, and 9 respectively. The hubs g of the arms carrying the bars f are secured to the reel-shaft a but the hubs g and g of the arms carrying the bars f and f are loose, on the hub 9, so that the bars can be separated to expand the reel, as shown, when it is desired to wind the yarn thereon, or can be brought together'so as to collapse the reel when it is desired to doff the hanks therefrom, or when the reel has to be swung from the rear to the front of the machine. The hubs g may be adapted directly to the spindle E, instead of to the hub y, if desired; but the arrangement shown is preferred.

' The reel is prevented from collapsing during the winding operation partly by means of a strap, h, stretched from one of the bars, f, to the adjacent bar, f and partly by means of pins 1' on the hubs g 1 these pins engaging with segmental slots z" in the" hub g, as shown in Fig. 6, and serving to prevent the bars f and f Z from moving toward each other in the direction of the arrows 1, Fig. 3, while the strap h prevents the bars from moving from each other in the direct-ion of the arrows 2.

\Vhen it is desired to collapse the reel, one end of the strap h is detached, whereupon, owing to the slots '2', the bars f and may be laid alongside of the barsf, as shown.

The threads to be wound on the reels are drawn from bobbins supported, as described hereinafter, in rows at the top of the machine, the threads passing from the bobbins through eyes 3 and thence over a rod, 7., and through eyes on traverse-bars mto the reels.

There are two traversebars m, one for each reel which is being wound, and these bars are connected to a main traverse-bar, .T, which is adapted to suitable guides on the underside of a table or platform, H, at the top of the ma chine, and has a reciprocating motion imparted to it by means of a connecting-rod, a, and a crank-pin, 'n, on a wheel, 1, carried by a vertical shaft, 1 adapted to bearings at the end of the frame A, and driven by bevel-gearing from the shaft B. The traverse-bars m are detachably connected to the main bar J, so that they can be instantly clutched to or released from the same, as the proper winding of the yarn may demand. This is effected by securing to the inner side of each traversebar m a spring, p, an opening in whiehis adapted to a pin on a stud, p, projecting from the traverse-bar J. To the front bar of the frame A, behind each spring, is hung a rod, p", an arm on which bears on the inner side of the spring p. \Vhen this arm lies in a recess in the front of the f 'ame, as shown in Fig. 7, the spring is at liberty to engage with thepin on the stud p; but when the rod has been turned to the position shown in Fig. 8 the spring is thrown out of gear with the pin and the bar in is disconnected from, the bar J.

There are two sets ofbobbin-spindles, w w, for each pair of reels, the spindles 10 being carried by a tubular shaft,\\", adapted to bearings in frames R, and the spindles w alternating with the spindles w, and being secured to ashaft, \V, contained within the tubular shalt \V, the latter having segmental slots, through which the spindles w project.

There are also two sets of thread-guiding eyes, y, one set being in line with the spindles w, and projecting from one side of a shaft, 8, adapted to bearings in the frame It, and the other set projecting from the opposite side of said shaft, and being in line with the spindles w. One end of each shaft .9 is furnished with ahand-wheel, S, and the opposite end with a pinion, 1', which gears into a rack, t, on a vertically-guided frame, T, the lower end of which is forked and has two racks, a v, the former engaging with a pinion, V, on the tubular shaft \V, and theraek c gearinginto a pinion, 'V, on the shaft XV.

As shown in Fig. 3, one set of guiding-eyes y is out of use, the threads being drawn through the other eyes from bobbins carried by the spindles 10, which occupy a vertical position, the spindles w occupying a horizontal position and projecting toward the rear of the frame,

so that the empty bobbins carried by these spindles can be readily doffed off and full ones applied to the spindles in place thereof, this being part of the duty of the attendant at the rear of the machine, who also dofis the hanks of yarn from the rear wheel; or the spindles may be so turned as to occupy an inclined position, in which case the bobbins will drop off into a suitable receptacle.

\Vhen a front reel. has been filled, the attendant at the front of the machine withdraws the bolt .17, which retains the lever l), carrying the reel, and swings said reel around to the rear, as shown at Fig. 4, at the same time bringing the empty and collapsed reel. to the front, where it is expanded and secured in position for winding. At the same time one of the attendants turns the halal-wheel S of the shaft 8, the effect of which is to bring a new set of eyes 1 to the front, and simultaneously to cause a movement of each of the shafts W \V' on its axis to the extent of a quarter of a revolution, the direction of movement of the shaft \V being the reverse of that of the shalt \V. This is due to the movement of the frame derived from the pinion f and rack i, the racks v v gearing into the pinions V V and causing the partial rotationof the same in opposite directions. Thus as the filled reel, is thrown to the back of the machine the empty bobbins are thrown down out of the way, while full bobbins are brought up into position to sup ply threads to the reel on which the winding is to take place.

A single set of eyes fixed in position may be used in place of the two sets of eyes carried by a reversible shaft; but the latter arrangement is preferred, as it permits the use of a guiding-eye directly over each bobbin without that crowding and confusion which would result if there were as many fixed eyes as there are bobbins in both sets.

Although I have shown a frame and driving-shalt in connection with two pairs of reels, each frame and shaft may have but one pair of reels or more than two pairs, as may be found desirable, there being a corresponding number of traverse-bars m and sets of bohbins and bobbin-holders.

Instead of hanging the two reels of each pair to a lever, 1), independent arms on the shaft may carry the reels; but the levers are preferred, as one reel thus serves to counterbalance the other to a certain extent.

flit will be observed that the spindles E procarried by-a lever, B, hung to a stud on the frame, the driving-shaft being adapted to bearings at the front of the frame, near the base,

- and the front reel being driven by a frictionthe arm being hung concentrically with the wheel carried by an adjustable arm, and receiving motion by a belt from the driving-shaft,

latter.

Although I have described the use of bobbins, it will be evident that the yarn may be drawn from cops or skeins as well.

I claim as my invention 1. The combination of the frame of the machine with a pair of reels, F F, and reel-carrierspivoted to said frame, as described,whereby the position of the reels in respect to the frame may be reversed, as set. forth.

2. The combination of the frame of the machine, with reel-carriers pivoted thereto, and a pair of winding-reels, FF, each constructed so as to be collapsible, as set forth.

3. The combination of the frame and driving-shaft of the machine with a pair of reels,

F F, and reel-carriers hung to the drivingshaft, so as to rotate thereon in reversing the reels, as set forth.

The combination of the frameA with the driving-shaft B, the reel-spindle carriers hung to said shaft, the reel-shafts a, having pulleys d, the double pulley d on the driving-shaft, and the belts d, as set forth.

5. The combination of the frame A with the driving-shaft B, reel-carriers D, having spindles E, and belt-tighteners e e, the reel-shafts,

pulleys d (P, and belts d, as set forth.

6. The combination of the reel-shaft with the reel-bars f, having fixed hubs g, and the reel-bars f. f having loose hubs g g, said hub 9 having segmental slots 1" for the reception of pins 1' on the hubs g g' as set forth.

7. The combination of one or more sets of winding-reels and traverse-bars, m,'one for each set of reels, with a main traverse-bar, J, 1 vdetachably connected to said traverse-bar, m,

as set forth.

8. The combination of the main traverse-bar J, having a seriesof projecting pins, with a series of traverse-bars, m, having springs with openings adapted for the reception of said pins, and rods having arms adapted to actuate said springs, as set forth.

9. The combination of the tubular shaft W,- having bobbin-spindles w, with the internal shaft, W, havingspindles w projecting through slots in the shaft W, as set forth.

10. The combination of the tubular shaft W, having spindles w and pinion V, and the illternal shaft, W, having spindles w and pinion V,with the movable frame T, having rackse 12, adapted to actuate the pinions V V, as set forth.

I 11. The combination of the shaft 8, having two sets of eyes, 1 with two bobbin-spindlecarrying shafts, W VV,-and mechanism, sub.- stantially as described, connecting the two shafts, for simultaneous operation, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my nam to this specification'in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOSHUA GARSED.

\Vitnesses:

HARRY DRURY, HARRY SMITH. 

